buttermilk wheat bran muffins

Growing up, my favourite activity was reading. It wasn’t uncommon to find me with my nose in a book and my mind lost in between its pages. If I wasn’t reading a book, then I could have been found in the library, going through the rows and rows of books looking for the perfect stack to come home with.When you are the child of immigrants, you know that your life is different from “real” Canadians, even if you own a citizenship card that tells you otherwise. It was through the characters in the books that I read, that I learned what life was like for my “real” counterparts (mind you, most of the books I read were American). While I had many things in common with Ramona and Encyclopedia Brown, things like apple pie, muffins, chocolate cake were some of the things that I knew set us apart. These delights never came out of the oven in our home.

Fast forward to today, things have changed. My oven spits out muffins and pies with equal fervour as it does tandoori chicken or Greek potatoes and I’ve learned that there really is no fixed way to be Canadian.

These bran muffins are not so popular in our home during the summer months but come the start of school, they are made regularly, each week with a different add-in, diced apples being our favourite. They are wholesome and delicious and are perfect for breakfast or healthy treat for school lunches. And they’re simple enough… two bowls, no cereal boxes, no waiting for butter to soften!

I used to be the same as a girl and not much as changed. You recreated that bit about growing up and the passion therefore for whipping up all kinda savoury and sweet goodies in your oven. There is something so special about baked goodies and these bran muffins are bloody alluring 🙂 xx

Once again we find common ground, Annika. I was also an avid reader as a child. Absolutely hated sports – I always had my head in a book. I do love a muffin fresh from the oven. You’ve used another of my favourite spices – cinnamon. Heavenly with apple. Gorgeous recipe and photos x